City looking into ways to reroute hazardous materials around downtown

Truck traffic often converges downtown

9:34 AM,
Jul. 14, 2014

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City leaders are looking at ways to possibly prevent trucks carrying hazardous materials from driving through downtown Lancaster.

The issue of rerouting trucks was recently brought up by Lancaster City Councilman Randy Groff, R-3rd Ward, during the council's Code Enforcement and Zoning Committee meeting.

"Many cities in Ohio reroute trucks carrying hazardous materials out of their downtown and into less populated areas," Groff said. "We have a lot of trucks with hazardous material signs on them coming through the downtown area because of the state routes. Many travel down Main ...